Henry goodman



(No Model.) I I H.- GOODMAN.

REVOLVER. No. 352185. Patented Nov. 9, 1886. F 6 Q 1 ff f ym.

' ,perspective view of the spring-lever.

NITED STATES PATENT @UFFICEQ HENRY GOODMAN. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO DANIEL PVKANE,

OF SAME PL ACE.

REVOLVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. 'of Letters Patent No. 352,185, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed Fel ruaryd, 1886. Serial No. 191.0 1- (No modcl.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GOODMAN, of the city'of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvernent in Revolvers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side view with parts removed, -"'the hammer being at cock. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the hammer being down. Fig: 3 is a Fig. 4 is a detail side view showing a modification. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective'view showing the relative positions of the trigger, the cylinderpawl, the cocking-pawl, and the push-piece or finger for holding them in'operative position.

This improvement is shown applied to a Smith & \Vesson double-action revolver, but is applicable to other double-action revolvers; and it consists in connecting the mainspring with a lever which has hinged to its free end a-finger or push-piece that bears against both the pawl by which the hammer is cooked on pulling the trigger and the pawl by which the cylinder is turned.

Theimprovement dispenses with the springs by which the hammer-cocking pawl and cylinder-pawl are held in position for action, enabling the mainspring to perform the offices of these springs, and also of the spring bywhich "the trigger is moved forward after having been drawn backward. 4

A is the stoek-frame; B, the cylinder; 0, the hammer, to which the free end of the mainspring D is connected bya stirrup, E, at its free end, as usual. The other end of the mainspring has'a transverse bead or projection, d, which fits in a recess, f, in a lever, F, whose lower end is fulcrumed in the frame A by means of the cylindrical bead f, which works in a cylindrical recess, a, in the .lower bar of the frame. I

G is a set-screw threaded in the lever, and whose point bears against the spring D, to give means for increasing or diminishing the force of the spring, which at the same time f is a finger or push-piece hinged to the upper end of the lever F, whose lower end bears at the front side upon the pawl by which the cylinder is turned inthe usual way, and at the rear side against a projection, i, of the cocking-pawl I. the usual construction, exceptfor the projec-' tion '2'. Thus it will be seen that the finger or pnshpiece f" acts constantly to press the pawl F forward and the pawl I rearward by bean lng downward between them, while at the same time the trigger J will be forced forward, as said pawls arcboth hinged to its rear extrelnity, J. I 1

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the lower ends of the inainspring D and springlever F are fulcrumcd in the same recess a of the stock-frame.

back the trigger J, to whose rear part'the cockz awl I and cylinder-pawl H are hinged,

the tooth i of the said cocking-pawl engages a projection, c, of the hammer and forces up the hammer until the-upper end of the front the end of the cocking-pawl slides along the incline it moves forward and the tooth is disengaged froin'the .projection c, and the hambut this is not the equivalent of my invention,

nor do I claim it.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the hammer, the trigger, and the cocking-pawl hinged to said trigger and adapted to engage said hammer, of the mainspring engaging said hammer, a

lever acted upon by said mainspring, and a The operation is as follows: Upon pulling gear comes in contact with the incline K. As

The cocking-pawl is of mer being released is thrown forward by the lever upon which finger or puslrpiece carried by said lever and bearing against said eool zingpawl for holding it normally in engagement, as set fort-h.

53, The eon'ihiuation, with the hammer, the 5 trigger, and the cylinder-pawl hinged thereto, ,4)? the inainspring engaging said hammer, a. said n'iainspring acts, and 2!, finger or puslrpieee carried by said lever and bearing against said cylinder-pawl for holding [o it in Working; position, as set forth.

The combination, u'i'lh the hammer and the trigger, of a mainspring' engaging said hammer, and a lever upon which said mainspring eels, having a linger or puslnpieee hinged to thefree extremity of said lever and at; its free extremity with said trigfor holding it normally in forward posifiion, substantially as set forth.

1-. The eonibinelion, with the hammer and the trigger having the eookingpawl and the cylinder-pawl pivoted l'herel'o, ei'a meinspring j. l l

engaging said hammer, and a lever acted upon by said mainspring, having a finger or pushpieee engaging said pawls and forcing them in opposite directions, substantially as set forth. 5. In a fire-arm, the combination, with the hammer, a mainspring, engaging therewitlnand a lever, substantially as and for the purpose described, fulerumed within the stock, of a set-screw tapped into said lever and bearing against said niainspring force exerted upon said lever and the hammer. 6. The combination, with the hammer G and the mainspring D, engaging therewith, of the lever F, for the the purpose set forth, fulcrunied within the stock and engaged near its fulcrum hy said mainspring, as described.

HENRY GOODMAN. In presence of-* AJlIL. l NIGHT, BENJN. A. KNJ'G HT.

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